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arras senr ses DIRECTION SGNAL FOR MOTOR, VEHICLES .application filedFebruary This invention relates to certain new and useful improvementsin direction signals for motor vehicles and has for one of its objectsto provide a signal casing to be carried at the front and rear ends ofthe motor vehicle, with illuminating means therein for indicating aproposed change in direction of travel, such as either turning to theright or left with a further signal of an illuminating character forattracting attention to the signal casing.

A further object of the invention is to provide a direction signal formotor vehicles wherein a casing is divided into three separate lightcompartments that are horizontally alined, the end compartments carryingdirection indicators, while the middle compartment carries a sign forattracting attention to the signal casing, the middle compartment beingilluminated selectively with either of the end compartments.l v

With the above and other objects in view that will become apparent asthe nature of the invention is better understood, the same consists ofthe novel form, combination and arrangement of parts hereinafter morefully described, shown in the accompanying drawings and claimed.

In the drawings, wherein like reference characters indicatecorresponding parts throughout the several views,

Figure 1 is a front elevational view of a direction signal casingconstructed in accordance with the present invention,

Figure 2 is a longitudinal horizontal sectional view taken on line 2 24of Fig. 1 showing the three horizontally alined light compartments,

Flgure 3 is a vertical cross-sectional view taken on line 3 3 of Fig. 1through one of the end compartments,

Figure 4 is a vertical cross-sectional view taken on line 4 4 of Fig. 1through the middle compartment,

Figure 5 is a detail sectional view of a portion of an outer end of thesignal casing showing the manner of mounting the signal plate in thecasing,

l Figure 6 is a detail sectional view showing i0 one of the partitionwalls for the casing and 2, 1926. Serial Efo. 35,5%y

diate compartment 8 by the provision of the vertical partition walls 9.

The open side of the casing opposite the compartments 6 and 7 isprovided with a pair of indicia carrying plates 10 bearing handcharacters 11 and the letters L and R designated by the numerals 12 and12a to indicate proposed changes in the direction of travel of the motorvehicle. The plate 10 is formed of glass so that light `from the bulb 13carried by the upper wall 3 of the casing will shine therethrough toilluminate the same. Thel support for the plate 10 includes a facinstrip 14 attached to the edge of the open si e of thecasing, the platebeing enclosed at its upper and outer edges by a U- shaped binding strip15, the outer side of the binding strip 15 hinged pin 16 as clearlyshown in detail in Fig. 5. The plate 10 being disposed between thefacing strips 14;, the free swinging edge thereof moves into abuttingrelation with the stop strip 17 carried by the outer edge of thepartition wall 9.

A glass cover plate 18 enclosed at its edges by a U-shaped binding stri19 is placed in flat engagement with the inding strip 15 -u on t e glassplates 10 and is preferably o a translucent nature, that port1on of theglass cover 18 overlying the middle compartment 8 having painted orotherwise im ressed thereon letters 20 forming the word Look.

To retain the glass plate 18 in position at the open side of the casing,there is provided a frame 21 embodying bars mating with the edges of theopen side of the casing and also the outer edges 'of the verticalpartition wall 9 as shown in Figs. 1 and 2, the frame 21 being retainedin position by the spring clips 22 eing .supported on the carried by theupper and lower sides ot the top and bottom Walls 3 and t oit thecasing., 'lio eliminate relative movement oi the plates l@ and i8 Wedgescrews 23 are carried by the inner ace ot the facing strip it with thethe Wedge heads thereof extendin between adjacent portions oi theU-shape binding strips l5 and i9 as ciearly shovvn in Figs, 3 and 5).,

Lamp sockets 24e, 25, and 26 are carried by ythe upper Wall 3 ot thecompartments 6, 7,"

and 8 in which the lamp bulbs i3 are mountn ed and a suitable source oielectrical energy is in communication with the lamps in the soclretsorselective illumination thereof.

From the above detail descriptions o the invention, it is believed thatthe construction and operation thereoie Will at once be apparent, andWhile there is herein shown and described the preferred embodiment oitthe present invention, `it is nevertheless to be understood that minorchanges may be made therein Without departing from the spirit and scopeot the invention as claimed.

What is claimed is A direction signal for motor vehicles,

comprising an elongated rectangular lcasing divided into alined centraland end compartments by spaced partitions and equipped with separatemeans of illumination, a separate glass plate Jfor each end compartment,a binding strip on the upper, lower and outer end edges of said plate, avertical pivot for the outer end of the plate, extending through thebinding strip, an outer plate having an edge binding strip and extendingover the entire open side of the casing outwardly of the aforesaid endplates with the binding strips of all plates in abutting relation,antirattling Wedges on the casing extending be| tween adjacent bindingstrips, a removable frame for retaining the outer plate in position, andmeans for Jfastening' the frame against the outer plate for causing theseveral plates to be held in binding relation, the end plates carryindirection indicia and indicia-on the outer p ate facing the centralcompartment.

In testimony whereof I 'aiix my signature.

JOZEF HILDEBRANT.

